I could while away the hours

[ET Awful]

Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain

And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.

I'd unravel ev'ry riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain

With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln,
If you only had a brain.

Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore,
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more.

I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain.

I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain.

[ET Awful]

1. When a man's an empty kettle

He should be on his mettle
And yet I'm torn apart
Just because I'm presumin'
That I could be kind-a human
If I only had a heart.


I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows,
If I only had a heart.


Picture me ... a balcony ...
Above a voice sings low--


Wherefore art thou, Romeo?


I hear a beat.
How sweet!
Just to register emotion.
"Jealousy," "devotion"
And really feel the part
I could stay young and chipper
And I'd lock it with a zipper
If I only had a heart.

[ET Awful]

2. Yeah, it's sad, believe me missy

When you're born to be a sissy,
Without the vim and verve.
But I could show my prowess,
Be a lion not a mowess,
If I only had the nerve


I'm afraid there's no denyin'
I'm just a dandelion
A fate I don't deserve.
I'd be brave as a blizzard ...

[kwassa]

3. what made the Hottentots so hot? who put the ape in apricot?

what have they got that I ain't got?

Courage.

[Flying Dream Blues]

4. Excellent thread for this rainy afternoon! Mowess, indeed...